Christmas tree stand



March 30, 1937. G K WTH I v 2,075,309

CHRI STMAS TREE STAND Filed Feb. 4, 1956 y fmidr Patented Mar. 30, 1937NITED STATES 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to a stand believed to have its bestapplication for supporting Christmas trees, or the like, but intendedfor any use to which it may be adapted.

A purpose of the invention is to provide a stand of the characterindicated adapted to easy and inexpensive manufacture and well suited tothe needs of service.

A further purpose is to make a novel pressed metal stand for Christmastrees adapted to easy and effective use year after year on successivetrees and between times to easy compact storage with the tree ornaments.

A further purpose is to form duplicate pressed metal legs and duplicatepressed metal braces for easy assembly with a tree into a stand for thetree.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims.

I have elected to show one form only of my invention, showing a formhowever that is practical and efficient in operation and which wellillustrates the principles involved.

Figure l is a perspective View illustrating my stand in position of use.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan of a brace member, before assembly.

Figures 4 and 5 are sections of Figure 3 taken respectively upon thelines 44 and 55 thereof.

Figure 6 is a plan of a leg member before assembly.

Figures '7 and 8 are sections of Figure 6 taken respectively upon thelines 'l! and 88 thereof.

Like numerals refer to like parts in all figures.

Describing in illustration and not in limitation and referring to thedrawing:

In the embodiment shown in the drawing the stand comprises fourpreferably duplicate legs m, H, l2 and i3 and two preferably duplicatebraces 14 and I5, to cross and transversely nest together under thesupported tree trunk I6 and with end tongues ll through transverselyelongated perforations l8 of the legs.

The legs and braces are preferably of pressed metal and for greaterstrength and better nesting together or stacking upon each other, whennot in use are of generally curved or channel sections. 7

The legs are ribbed longitudinally at l8, both above and below theperforations l8, to stiffen them there.

The legs at their ends are pierced at 19 for screws or nails andoutwardly bent at 20 for better connection at their upper ends to thetree trunk and their lower ends to the floor, table or other support forthe stand.

The elongated perforations E8 of the legs are at an intermediate portionthereof but preferably are nearer to one end of the leg than the other.

More usually the legs are placed so that the ends thereof nearer totheir elongated perforations l8 and therefore nearer to the braces aretoward the floor but when a relatively low stand is de sired thisarrangement is reversed and the legs are placed so that the ends thereofnearer their elongated perforations l8 are presented tothe tree.

The cross braces at their central portions are pierced at 2| for anupward nail or screw 22 into the tree trunk and are formed at 23 with afiattening out of the channel section in order that the braces may fitbetter together in their set up position of Figure 1.

In assembly the crossing braces are fastened to the bottom of the treetrunk, suitably by a screw 22 through the perforations 2!, the legs arethen placed so that their elongated perforations [8 receive the tonguesll of the braces, the upper ends of the legs are then fastened bysuitable screws to the tree, and optionally the tongues I! of the bracesare turned down upon the outside of the legs.

When disassembled the legs nest together and the braces nest togethertaking up a minimum of space and adapted to easy storage with the usualtree ornaments for re-use in succeeding years.

In view of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications tomeet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident toothers skilled in the art, to obtain part or all of the benefits of myinvention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claimall such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scopeof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a stand for a tree or the like, four duplicate pressed metal legsof channel section and each leg having a transversely elongatedperforation intermediate its length and its ends flattened and piercedfor fastening respectively to the tree and floor and two duplicatepressed metal braces of channel section each brace centrally flattenedtransversely nesting the other brace and pierced for fastening to thetree and having tongue extensions at the ends to register in theintermediate perforation of the legs.

2. A Christmas tree stand comprisingtransbination with channeled legsslotted to receive verse braces channeled at each end and terminatthetongue portions and terminating respectively ing t each e d of ea bracen flo d to g in flanged ends adapted for floor and tree engageand at themiddle flattenedand pierced in regisment,

5 try one with the other to pass a. nail for fastening the bracestogether and to the tree, in com- GEORGE K. SMITH.

